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in terms of u.s. military deaths, there have been more than 1,780 of them since operation enduring freedom began. compare that to the afghan deaths because just last year alone, 3,021 civilians were killed. has any of this been worth it? and what happens to the admission in afghanistan now? seth jones spent years in afghanistan. recently as senior adviser to the commanding general. phil carter, official for the obama administration. good to have you with us. seth, let me start with you. what happens from here? is this something that becomes turning point if the burning of the korans was not one? >> i think what's important here, we've seep it in past cases. there have to be -- this was justice done to local tribes, that has to be done fairly quickly. the political process we're doing in the u.s. military can be a little prolonged, but i think afghans have to see something so is moving fairly quickly. >> and certainly as more and more troops leave was u.s. soldiers or u.s. forces working with afghans.
in terms of u.s. military deaths, there have been more than 1,780 of them since operation enduring freedom began. compare that to the afghan deaths because just last year alone, 3,021 civilians were killed. has any of this been worth it? and what happens to the admission in afghanistan now? seth jones spent years in afghanistan. recently as senior adviser to the commanding general. phil carter, official for the obama administration. good to have you with us. seth, let me start with you. what...
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quote, non-u.s. citizens can legally play and non-u.s. citizens are eligible to win any prize offered in the game. that's right. non-americans can play and win mega millions. i didn't know that. if you're here on vacation from beijing or paris, you might take home $640 million and that brings us to tonight's number, 22.4 million. that's how much more of this mostly american funded jackpot that a canadian would take home than a american. tonight's lottery has a $640 million jackpot and if you take it as a lump sum, you get $462 million. that leaves with us about $346 million for an american and $323 million for a canadian. oh, but it doesn't end this for you americans. why? because with that comes the 35% income tax rate. even the lottery is taxed as income. since mega millions only withheld 25%, uncle sam will take the other when you file. that will knock it down to $321 million, but canadians don't have to pay it. they literally walk out of the country with $22 million extra dollars. something else to think about.
quote, non-u.s. citizens can legally play and non-u.s. citizens are eligible to win any prize offered in the game. that's right. non-americans can play and win mega millions. i didn't know that. if you're here on vacation from beijing or paris, you might take home $640 million and that brings us to tonight's number, 22.4 million. that's how much more of this mostly american funded jackpot that a canadian would take home than a american. tonight's lottery has a $640 million jackpot and if you...
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a former u.s. marine lieutenant served in vietnam and is an advocate for returning soldiers and the author of not just the best seller mat m matterhorn but what it's like to go to war, which has been given to every member of congress. he came out advocating for soldiers with ptsd. >> we're decent people. we've been brought up to not kill anybody. thou shall not kill. suddenly you take a 19-year-old and you you saga and kill. how does a kid handle that? >> he suggested that counseling be mandatory for returning soldiers. that's a big idea and an fortunate one. but there are some smaller things that we could be doing, too. for example, adding veteran designations to driver's licenses. that would be relatively easy and help veterans get benefits and discounts from stores without having to carry their discharge papers with them. and more importantly, if they had trouble adjusting to life away from combat and actually engaged with police, just an example, it would be more easily to identify them as a ve
a former u.s. marine lieutenant served in vietnam and is an advocate for returning soldiers and the author of not just the best seller mat m matterhorn but what it's like to go to war, which has been given to every member of congress. he came out advocating for soldiers with ptsd. >> we're decent people. we've been brought up to not kill anybody. thou shall not kill. suddenly you take a 19-year-old and you you saga and kill. how does a kid handle that? >> he suggested that...
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he was not working for the u.s. government and he was not a u.s. contractor. now, two years ago he gave an interview and he said that he was a businessman, that he was running an investment firm that was investing in iraq. just recently, he shows up and says that he had been kidnapped nine months ago and was being released on humanitarian grounds, but the strange thing about this is nobody seems to know that he was missing. so we talked about the former assistant director of the fbi, tom fuentes, who said a lot of this simply doesn't add up, and the question could he have been an intelligence operative? fuentes doesn't think so. in fact he said it's more weird than operational. erin. >> all right, thanks very much to jill. >>> now let's check in with anderson with a look at what's ahead on "ac 360." >> we've got a good program. 17-year-old trayvon martin shot dead by george zimmerman who has not been charged with a crime. you'll hear zimmerman on the 911 tapes, multiple tapes, multiple calls were made. the tapes seem to dispute his claim the shooting was in se
he was not working for the u.s. government and he was not a u.s. contractor. now, two years ago he gave an interview and he said that he was a businessman, that he was running an investment firm that was investing in iraq. just recently, he shows up and says that he had been kidnapped nine months ago and was being released on humanitarian grounds, but the strange thing about this is nobody seems to know that he was missing. so we talked about the former assistant director of the fbi, tom...
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quote, non u.s. citizens can legally play, and non u.s. citizens are eligible to win any prize offered in the game. that's right. non americans can play and win mega millions. i didn't know that. if you're here on vacation from beijing or paris, might take home $640 million. and that brings us to tonight's number. 22.4 million. that's how much more of this mostly american funded jack pot that a canadian would take home than an american. here's how it breaks down. tonight's lottery has a $640 million jack pot. if you take it as a lump sum you get $462 million. megamillions withholds taxes. 25% for u.s. residents. 30% for foreigners. i.e., canadians. that leaves us with $346 million for an american and $326 million for a canadian. with the millions comes the federal tax rate. gambling winnings, even the lottery are taxed as income. since mega millions only withheld 25%, uncle same will take the other 10% when you file. that will knock your jack pot down to $301 million. canadians don't have to pay it. they walk out of the country
quote, non u.s. citizens can legally play, and non u.s. citizens are eligible to win any prize offered in the game. that's right. non americans can play and win mega millions. i didn't know that. if you're here on vacation from beijing or paris, might take home $640 million. and that brings us to tonight's number. 22.4 million. that's how much more of this mostly american funded jack pot that a canadian would take home than an american. here's how it breaks down. tonight's lottery has a $640...
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the difference is u.s. military capacity is far beyond those of some of our allies so our timeframe is more ultimate. >> you could wait longer. >> and we want these sanctions, the legislation that i passed that became law to actually continue to bite. you saw the report of your colleague, and clearly, there's no other reason for iranian currency to be so devaluated except for the sanctions. >> one thing i want to ask you because i know you get frequent intelligence briefings. weapons inspectors from the iaea were not given access to all of the facilities they wanted last week, and i pulled a couple pictures from the center for strategic international studies. as you can see, the building right now, this is how it looks. okay, and now, look at it a couple years ago. and we'll show you how it looked. and what you see there is buildings that anything that is happening is now happening underground. are you confident that we have the intelligence to know what they're doing, when they're doing it, and when they c
the difference is u.s. military capacity is far beyond those of some of our allies so our timeframe is more ultimate. >> you could wait longer. >> and we want these sanctions, the legislation that i passed that became law to actually continue to bite. you saw the report of your colleague, and clearly, there's no other reason for iranian currency to be so devaluated except for the sanctions. >> one thing i want to ask you because i know you get frequent intelligence briefings....
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>>> and the u.s. military conducts a simulation, what would an israeli attack on iran mean for america? let's go out. >>> good evening, i'm erin burr nut. "out front" we have breaking news. a big win for romney in illinois. he needed to win it after a few bruising weeks on the trail. and let the room -- at the romney campaign headquarter, new jabs at president obama. >> we once built an interstate highway system and the hoover dam. now we can't even build a pipeline. i mean, we once lit the world in manufacturing and exports and now we lead in lawsuits. when we replace the president, that's going to end. >> and rick santorum looking less cheerful, but trying to stay on message. >> we must do out and fight this fight. that's why we must go out in and nominate someone. and understands not just because some pollster tells them, they know in their gut like you do, all across this country, you know big things are adrift and at stake in this election. so i ask each and every one of you to join us. >> so whe
>>> and the u.s. military conducts a simulation, what would an israeli attack on iran mean for america? let's go out. >>> good evening, i'm erin burr nut. "out front" we have breaking news. a big win for romney in illinois. he needed to win it after a few bruising weeks on the trail. and let the room -- at the romney campaign headquarter, new jabs at president obama. >> we once built an interstate highway system and the hoover dam. now we can't even build a...
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senior u.s. intelligence officials tell barbara starr tonight, and they show heavy artillery damage to syrian cities. they have targeted hospitals and mauves where opposition groups are hiding. also shows iran is helping syria with weapons. >> number three, dominique strauss con spoke about the economy in england. he had to be rushed out of the building after a crowd of protester s protesters came outside. strauss-kahn, of course, was accused of trying to rape a hotel hotel maid. charges are dropped. he's in the middle of a prostitution ring in france now. >> the crew of the costa concord yeah hurting the profits of the largest cruise operation. when it happened, i was walking through an airport in atlanta and heard people talking about whether they should cancel their cruise ship booking. canival posting a $140 million loss in the first quarter. a year ago, they made $150 million. they said fewer people are booking cruises, especially with its european brand. their profits are also hurt by risin
senior u.s. intelligence officials tell barbara starr tonight, and they show heavy artillery damage to syrian cities. they have targeted hospitals and mauves where opposition groups are hiding. also shows iran is helping syria with weapons. >> number three, dominique strauss con spoke about the economy in england. he had to be rushed out of the building after a crowd of protester s protesters came outside. strauss-kahn, of course, was accused of trying to rape a hotel hotel maid. charges...
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difference is u.s. military capacity is far beyond those of some of our allies so our time frame is more open. >> so we could wait longer. the united states, to be sure. which of course, anybody would want to do, especially what happened with iraq. >> we want these sanctions to actually continue to bite. you saw the report of your colleague and clearly, there's no other reason for iranian currency to be so devalue waiat except for these biting sanctions. >> weapons inspectors from the iaea were not given access to all the facilities they wanted when they left last week. there was another four now they focused in on. i pulled some figures that they had pulled. this is, as you can see, the building right now. this is how it looks. now just look at it a couple years ago and we'll show you how it looked. what you see there is buildings have been put, anything that was happening is now happening underground. i simply use these pictures to ask you the question of, are you confident that we have the intelligen
difference is u.s. military capacity is far beyond those of some of our allies so our time frame is more open. >> so we could wait longer. the united states, to be sure. which of course, anybody would want to do, especially what happened with iraq. >> we want these sanctions to actually continue to bite. you saw the report of your colleague and clearly, there's no other reason for iranian currency to be so devalue waiat except for these biting sanctions. >> weapons inspectors...
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so the director of u.s. intelligence testified in january that it appears at least some leaders now see the attack in the u.s. and the homeland as no longer crossing some type of red line. that's of concern to the law enforcement here. >> and president obama has filed charges in that case against the naturalized american citizen, iranian born who they say with the iranian government's support and backing was coordinating that attack. is that case in particular relevant to iran's thinking right now? >> i think it demonstrates where iranian leaders are in terms of the willingness to carry out the type of attacks. by our indicting one of the individuals or even treasuries designating more, it's clearly already interested in carrying out the attacks. the question is whether iran itself or one of the proxies like hezbollah might carry out an attack here in the homeland especially in the event of an attack on the homeland. >> a big topic today is hezbollah in the hearing, the primary proxy for iran, but also the d
so the director of u.s. intelligence testified in january that it appears at least some leaders now see the attack in the u.s. and the homeland as no longer crossing some type of red line. that's of concern to the law enforcement here. >> and president obama has filed charges in that case against the naturalized american citizen, iranian born who they say with the iranian government's support and backing was coordinating that attack. is that case in particular relevant to iran's thinking...
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the u.s. added 227,000 jobs last month and more people felt optimistic enough to get back into the labor force cht that's why the unemployment rate held firm. now, everyone is increasingly obje optimistic. our strike team said there would not be a double dip recession last fall when a lot of people were full of doom and gloom and recession, and then after the december jobs report, we were excited when we said this could be president obama's moment. that was the theme for reagan's 1984 re-election campaign and last month after the strong january jobs report, we said it again and we are glad that all that talk about a double dip has gone away, but here at "outfront," we aren't realists and the truth is, there are some real problems out there. one, in that report today, we found wages are not growing as quickly as inflation. that means the standard of lives for average americans is lower today than a year ago. and two, there are pitfalls ahead and the president sees them, too, so he isn't countin
the u.s. added 227,000 jobs last month and more people felt optimistic enough to get back into the labor force cht that's why the unemployment rate held firm. now, everyone is increasingly obje optimistic. our strike team said there would not be a double dip recession last fall when a lot of people were full of doom and gloom and recession, and then after the december jobs report, we were excited when we said this could be president obama's moment. that was the theme for reagan's 1984...
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citizen holding iranian and u.s. passports and a member of iran's revolutionary guard with planning to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the u.s. in a busy restaurant last fall. officials say the plot was blocked by officials and it was the first time in more than 30 years that a foreign power has been accused of plotting a political assassination in the united states capital. the incidents raise important questions and so does this chilling warning from mitchell silver, the nypd's director of intelligence analysis. >> as the pressure on iran continues to mount, or if war breaks out, iran may choose to strike the united states for the reasons already mentioned, new york city may present the ideal target. >> matthew levitt also testified at the hearing today, a former deputy assistant secretary at the treasury department and former fbi counterterrorism analyst. i spoke to him just a few moments ago and i asked him about the likelihood after tax in the u.s. >> it could be. there certainly already is a shadow war goin
citizen holding iranian and u.s. passports and a member of iran's revolutionary guard with planning to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the u.s. in a busy restaurant last fall. officials say the plot was blocked by officials and it was the first time in more than 30 years that a foreign power has been accused of plotting a political assassination in the united states capital. the incidents raise important questions and so does this chilling warning from mitchell silver, the nypd's director...
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told by the u.s. consul in israel if she wanted her babies to have u.s. passports she must prove they have dna from an american. we spoke to her about the story. >> that's baby maya. >> reporter: when she gave birth to her beautiful twins, she couldn't have been happier. months of fertility treatments paid off. but when this woman of chicago living in israel went to the u.s. consulate to get them passports, she was shocked. >> a guy took all my paperwork, asked all the questions and all of a sudden he said, one minute. and i knew that that meant something. i just had a gut -- >> reporter: what followed was a line of questions she says was offensive and humiliating. >> he brings out this woman and she said over the loud speaker, are those your children. i'm like, i don't understand. of course they're my children. you have their birth certificates, and she said, well, where did the sperm come from? whose eggs are they? and i just -- like, my world stopped. >> reporter: answer, of course, was not what the u.s. authorities needed to hear. the vice fertility t
told by the u.s. consul in israel if she wanted her babies to have u.s. passports she must prove they have dna from an american. we spoke to her about the story. >> that's baby maya. >> reporter: when she gave birth to her beautiful twins, she couldn't have been happier. months of fertility treatments paid off. but when this woman of chicago living in israel went to the u.s. consulate to get them passports, she was shocked. >> a guy took all my paperwork, asked all the...
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to have a u.s. service member basically go on death row, the president himself has to personally sign off on that. the last time it happened was in 2008 when president george w. bush did so. that service member is actually still on death row. his case is still going through appeal. erin, here's the interesting thing. the crimes that that service member committed were back in the late '80s. you can see how long it takes for these cases to move through the legal system. so ultimately staff sergeant robert bales' case may end up on the president's desk of a president who is in office in the year 2025, not president barack obama or whoever even follows him. >> paul, could you weigh in on that. is this something president obama would have to make a decision on death row on? >> no. >> in this case there's so much anger out there that they would have to move quickly. >> i don't think that the president would be involved in the death penalty decision right now. i do think that because this is one of the big
to have a u.s. service member basically go on death row, the president himself has to personally sign off on that. the last time it happened was in 2008 when president george w. bush did so. that service member is actually still on death row. his case is still going through appeal. erin, here's the interesting thing. the crimes that that service member committed were back in the late '80s. you can see how long it takes for these cases to move through the legal system. so ultimately staff...
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u.s. and afghanistan. hamid karzai said he was at the quote end of the rope and slammed the american military's investigation. he says family members, the victims tell him they're convinced there was more than one shooter. the u.s. military says there is no evidence to indicate any such thing. there is no word yet on when there will be a trial. it likely will be held in military tribunal, but we'll talk more about what that might mean. his lawyer said the case is more political than legal and hinted his defense will focus on his client's post-traumatic stress disorder. >> two young children. he's a devoted father. a career military individual. he has never said anything racist or hostile toward muslims or afghanys. this is a great surprise to his family. >> a former j.a.g. officer, now a criminal defense attorney. sebastian younger has been to afghanistan countless times. good to have you with us. i appreciate you taking the time. steven on this issue of where this is going to be tried. mi
u.s. and afghanistan. hamid karzai said he was at the quote end of the rope and slammed the american military's investigation. he says family members, the victims tell him they're convinced there was more than one shooter. the u.s. military says there is no evidence to indicate any such thing. there is no word yet on when there will be a trial. it likely will be held in military tribunal, but we'll talk more about what that might mean. his lawyer said the case is more political than legal and...
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by comparison, u.s. imports from china have surged as well, up 300% from $100 billion to $400 billion. the gap is narrowing but it's still huge. california, washington and texas are the top american exporters to china. >>> it's been 235 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? fed chair ben bernanke said today the u.s. job market is still weak, despite recent improvement, and we learned today that pending home sales fell slightly in february by half a percent. >>> we have new details tonight in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. according to police, a violent fight between the florida teenager and 28-year-old george zimmerman led the neighborhood watchman to pull his gun and shoot the unarmed teen. joe oliver, a friend of zimmerman's, said today zimmerman didn't have a choice. >> from what i know, the bottom line is there was a life-and-death struggle in that instant and someone was going to die. >> reports also surfaced today that trayvon martin ha
by comparison, u.s. imports from china have surged as well, up 300% from $100 billion to $400 billion. the gap is narrowing but it's still huge. california, washington and texas are the top american exporters to china. >>> it's been 235 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? fed chair ben bernanke said today the u.s. job market is still weak, despite recent improvement, and we learned today that pending home sales fell slightly in february by...
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quote, non-u.s. citizens can legally play and non-u.s. citizens are eligible to win any prize offered in the game. that's right. non-americans can play and win mega millions. i didn't know that. if you're here on vacation from beijing or paris, you might take home $640 million and that brings us to tonight's number, 22.4 million. that's how much more of this mostly american funded jackpot that a canadian would take home than a american. tonight's lottery has a $640 million jackpot and if you take it as a lump sum, you get $462 million. that leaves with us about $346 million for an american and $323 million for a canadian. oh, but it doesn't end this for you americans. why? because with that comes the 35% income tax rate.
quote, non-u.s. citizens can legally play and non-u.s. citizens are eligible to win any prize offered in the game. that's right. non-americans can play and win mega millions. i didn't know that. if you're here on vacation from beijing or paris, you might take home $640 million and that brings us to tonight's number, 22.4 million. that's how much more of this mostly american funded jackpot that a canadian would take home than a american. tonight's lottery has a $640 million jackpot and if you...
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. >> now, we spoke to several u.s. diplomats and senior military advisers today to try to read between the lines. most agreed with colonel cedrick layton. he told us quote the talks in d.c. make a unilateral israeli attack less likely in the next few months, but stresses, quote, r today's discussions bought us a little time. nothing r more. the bottom line is neither israel or the united states say they will accept a nuclear armed iran, but they don't agree on who when to intervene. they those today to repeat warnings about possible quote activities including a containment chamber used for explosive tests at iran's site. inspectors have been denied access to the site in recent months. the head of the iaea says -- with worries about iran causing oil prices to rise, can president obama keep israel from military action? will sanctions work? that really is perhaps the most crucial question we are facinging right now when it comes to iran. netanyahu's former chief of staff wrote an op-ed this weekend, the iranian american j
. >> now, we spoke to several u.s. diplomats and senior military advisers today to try to read between the lines. most agreed with colonel cedrick layton. he told us quote the talks in d.c. make a unilateral israeli attack less likely in the next few months, but stresses, quote, r today's discussions bought us a little time. nothing r more. the bottom line is neither israel or the united states say they will accept a nuclear armed iran, but they don't agree on who when to intervene. they...
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three, u.s. treasury selling some stake in aig. telling 200 million of their shares bringing in $6 billion. half of the shares bought by aig. this may sound like a lot, but after the sale, taxpayers will still own one and a quarter billion shares of aig valued at $36 billion. barclays jay gelb says it looks like the treasury is focused on getting out of aig at a profit, which probably will not happen. >>> number four, jobless claims jumped to 362,000. from 364,000 in the prior week. today's report comes ahead of tomorrow's unemployment numbers. we're going to get that key rate in the morning. 19 economists are predicting 210,000 jobs were added in february, leaving the unemployment rate unchanged. 8.3%. >>> it's been 217 days since we lost our top credit rating. what is the united states doing to get it back? you may remember that one of the reasons we lost our rating is because congress was fighting over the debt ceiling. today, the house overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill to help start businesses. the security and exchanges
three, u.s. treasury selling some stake in aig. telling 200 million of their shares bringing in $6 billion. half of the shares bought by aig. this may sound like a lot, but after the sale, taxpayers will still own one and a quarter billion shares of aig valued at $36 billion. barclays jay gelb says it looks like the treasury is focused on getting out of aig at a profit, which probably will not happen. >>> number four, jobless claims jumped to 362,000. from 364,000 in the prior week....
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what will the u.s. really do? we'll get to that in a moment. first to tehran where today was the first election since the 2009 disputed presidential election. cnn's ivan watson is there. i spoke to him right before the program and asked him what turnout was like. >> reporter: well, what's pretty incredible is watching the state media here. it is just wall to wall coverage, patriotic music, video of lines of people voting and government officials celebrating this calling this everything short of a divine victory. the interior minister, he came out and said that the massive turnout infuriated and disappointed iran's enemies and their anti-iran propaganda failed. so there's a fair amount of celebration going right now in establishment circles. now i went to polling stations, a few, and there i spoke with voters, some of whom were very enthusiastic. they said, yes, it's my patriotic duty to vote. outside one i talked to two old men. one said, no, i'm not voting, i voted for ak ma din ne jad a few years ago and i'm disappointed how he did. so we got
what will the u.s. really do? we'll get to that in a moment. first to tehran where today was the first election since the 2009 disputed presidential election. cnn's ivan watson is there. i spoke to him right before the program and asked him what turnout was like. >> reporter: well, what's pretty incredible is watching the state media here. it is just wall to wall coverage, patriotic music, video of lines of people voting and government officials celebrating this calling this everything...
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after the u.s. delayed the keystone pipeline, canadian ad prime minister stephen harper went to china to talk about redirecting the pipeline to the pacific coast where ships are waiting. you know what brought this story to my attention? a canadian.
after the u.s. delayed the keystone pipeline, canadian ad prime minister stephen harper went to china to talk about redirecting the pipeline to the pacific coast where ships are waiting. you know what brought this story to my attention? a canadian.
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. >>> meanwhile the u.s. treasury department sanctioned another six iranian companies. >>> number three, the ousted president of mali is free and unharmed. that's what the former leader said today in an interview with a french radio station. it's the first time we have heard from him since a coup forced him from power last week. he told the radio station he's still in mali and added i think the most important thing today is to find the way out of the crisis. note that america has suspended millions of dollars of aid until the elected government returns to power. america remains concerned about muslim extremists in the north of the country. >>> a hearing on capitol hill regarding the collapse of mf global. the hearing focused on the instance of transferring funds and who knew the details of the transfer. one person believed to know all the details is edith o'brien. we watched the hearing and here's what she said when asked about the money. >> on the advice of counsel, i respectfully decline to answer based on
. >>> meanwhile the u.s. treasury department sanctioned another six iranian companies. >>> number three, the ousted president of mali is free and unharmed. that's what the former leader said today in an interview with a french radio station. it's the first time we have heard from him since a coup forced him from power last week. he told the radio station he's still in mali and added i think the most important thing today is to find the way out of the crisis. note that america...
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is a weak ahmadinejad good for the u.s. or not? okay, great to have both of you with us. let me ask you this key question about the power struggle that's going on in iran. we've talked about this for a while. the supreme leader, ahmadinejad, at odds. how bad was this for ahmadinejad today? >> well, it was embarrassing for him that he tried to turn it into something that was not embarrassing. obviously, with his cracking of the jokes and even saying afterwards that, you know, i could have -- i could have come up with better questions if they'd asked me first. they didn't even ask me very tough questions. i mean, there's a lot of theater about the whole thing. but i think it was embarrassing for him. i certainly, from a domestic political standpoint inside iran, this has been threatened a bunch of times. but every time parliament has backed off the threat of summoning him which could lead to impeachment. certainly i think it weakens him a little built in the eyes of many people, but it also could strengthen him in the eyes of his supporters or people who believe that he is
is a weak ahmadinejad good for the u.s. or not? okay, great to have both of you with us. let me ask you this key question about the power struggle that's going on in iran. we've talked about this for a while. the supreme leader, ahmadinejad, at odds. how bad was this for ahmadinejad today? >> well, it was embarrassing for him that he tried to turn it into something that was not embarrassing. obviously, with his cracking of the jokes and even saying afterwards that, you know, i could have...